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<refentry id="gnome-search-tool-1">

<refmeta><refentrytitle>gnome-search-tool</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo class="date">2 Oct 2003</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<indexterm><primary>gnome-search-tool</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>

search for files</primary></indexterm><refnamediv id="gnome-search-tool-1-name">

<refname>gnome-search-tool</refname><refpurpose>search for files</refpurpose></refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv id="gnome-search-tool-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>

<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-named=<replaceable>text</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-path=<replaceable>folder</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-sortby=<replaceable>order</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-descending</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-contains=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-user=<replaceable>user</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-nouser</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-allmounts</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-empty</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-follow</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-group=<replaceable>group</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-hidden</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-mtimeless=<replaceable>date</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-mtimemore=<replaceable>date</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-notnamed=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-regex=<replaceable>pattern</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-sizeless=<replaceable>size</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-sizemore=<replaceable>size</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-start</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option role="nodash"><replaceable>gnome-std-options</replaceable></option></arg>

</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1 id="gnome-search-tool-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>

<para>The Search for Files application enables you to search for files on

your system. Search for Files uses the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>find</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> command.</para>

<para></para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-search-tool-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>

<para>The following options are supported:</para>

<variablelist termlength="medium"><varlistentry><term><option>-allmounts</option></term>

<listitem><para>Select the 'Search other filesystems' search constraint.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-contains=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Select the 'Contains the text' search constraint and set the

text of that entry. Use a full filename or a partial filename with wildcards.

See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>find</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

</citerefentry> for more details about using wildcards.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-descending</option></term><listitem><para>Set

sort order to descending. The default sort order is ascending.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-empty</option></term><listitem><para>Select the

'File is empty' search constraint.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-follow</option></term><listitem><para>Select

the 'Follow symbolic links' search constraint.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-group=<replaceable>group</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Select the 'Owned by group' search constraint and set the

text of that entry.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-hidden</option></term><listitem><para>Select the

'Show hidden and backup files' search option.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-mtimeless=<replaceable>date</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Select the 'Date modified before (days)' search constraint

and set the text of that entry.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-mtimemore=<replaceable>date</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Select the 'Date modified after (days)' search constraint

and set the text of that entry.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-named=<replaceable>text</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Set the <replaceable>text</replaceable> of the 'Name contains' search option.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-notnamed=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Select the 'File is not named' search constraint and set the

text of that entry. Use a full filename or a partial filename with wildcards.

See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>find</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

</citerefentry> for more details about using wildcards.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-nouser</option></term><listitem><para>Select

the 'Owner is unrecognized' search constraint.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-path=<replaceable>folder</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Set the text of the 'Look in folder' entry. Defaults to the

current working directory.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-start</option></term><listitem><para>Automatically

start a search.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-regex=<replaceable>pattern</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Select the 'File matches regular expression' search constraint

and set the text of that entry. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>find</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more details about the regular

expression patterns that can be used.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-sizeless=<replaceable>size</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Select the 'Size is less than (kilobytes)' search constraint

and set the text of that entry.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-sizemore=<replaceable>size</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Select the 'Size is more than (kilobytes)' search constraint

and set the text of that entry.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-sortby=<replaceable>order</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Sort files by one of the following: name, folder, size, type,

or date.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-user=<replaceable>user</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Select the 'Owned by user' search constraint and set the

text of that entry.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>gnome-std-options</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications.

See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>

5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more information.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-search-tool-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>

<example role="example"><title>Performing a basic search automatically</title>

<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; --name=a.out --path=$HOME --autostart

</userinput></screen></para>

</example>

<example role="example"><title>Performing an advanced search automatically

</title>

<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; --contains=unistd.h --mtimeless=3 --sortby=size --autostart

</userinput></screen></para>

</example>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-search-tool-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title>

<para>The following exit values are returned:</para>

<variablelist termlength="xtranarrow"><varlistentry><term><returnvalue>0</returnvalue></term>

<listitem><para>Application exited successfully</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><returnvalue>>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application

exited with failure</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-search-tool-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>

<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>

<variablelist termlength="wide"><varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename>

</term><listitem><para>Executable for Search for Files</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-search-tool-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>

<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>

for descriptions of the following attributes:</para>

<informaltable frame="all">

<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

<thead>

<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"

valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>gnome/gnome-search-tool

</para></entry></row>

<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry

colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</informaltable>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-search-tool-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>

<para><citetitle>Search for Files Manual</citetitle></para>

<para>Latest version of the <citetitle>GNOME Desktop User Guide</citetitle> for your platform.</para>

<para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>find</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-std-options</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gnome-search-tool-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

<para>Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006.</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>